Definition for Anguish:

• Intense pain of body or mind; excessive grief.

Synonyms for Anguish:

• n.

  •
  • happy.
  •anguish (noun)
  • hurt.
  •dejection (noun)
  • sullenness,
  • grimness,
  • wistfulness,
  • plaintiveness,
  • dreariness,
  • contemplativeness,
  • dolorousness,
  • blues.
  •desolation (noun)
  • gloominess.
  •discontentment (noun)
  • disgruntlement,
  • joylessness,
  • despondence,
  • exasperation,
  • boredom,
  • angst,
  • discomposure,
  • unhappiness,
  • dissatisfaction,
  • non-satisfaction,
  • displeasure,
  • discontent,
  • ennui,
  • inquietude,
  • disquiet,
  • sourness,
  • frustration.
  •heartbreak (noun)
  • broken heart,
  • heavy heart.
  •hell (noun)
  • living hell.
  •hopelessness (noun)
  • heartlessness,
  • depression,
  • abandonment,
  • spiritlessness,
  • discouragement,
  • downheartedness,
  • moroseness,
  • desperation,
  • melancholy,
  • dejection,
  • despondency.
  •pain (noun)
  • inflammation,
  • wrench,
  • chafing,
  • gripe,
  • stab,
  • burn,
  • throb,
  • Migraine,
  • infliction,
  • irritation,
  • rack,
  • bruise,
  • sore,
  • earache,
  • injury,
  • crick,
  • cramp,
  • sting,
  • throe,
  • smarting,
  • stitch,
  • bite,
  • malaise,
  • spasm.
  •painfulness (noun)
  • aggravation,
  • irksomeness,
  • hurtfulness,
  • severity,
  • arduousness,
  • offensiveness,
  • soreness,
  • woefulness,
  • cruelty,
  • odiousness,
  • acuteness,
  • oppressiveness,
  • uncomfortableness,
  • annoyingness,
  • unpleasantness,
  • distressfulness.
  •punishment (noun)
  • confinement,
  • imprisonment,
  • verdict,
  • incarceration,
  • revenge,
  • castigation,
  • penalty,
  • price,
  • chastisement,
  • forfeiture,
  • correction,
  • execution,
  • punishment,
  • crucifixion,
  • payment,
  • reprisal,
  • retribution,
  • persecution,
  • judgment.

• v.

  •pain (verb)
  • chafe,
  • afflict,
  • agonize,
  • suffer,
  • smart,
  • inflame,
  • irritate.
  •punish (verb)
  • sentence,
  • burden,
  • chastise,
  • discipline,
  • penalize,
  • castigate,
  • confine,
  • judge,
  • chasten,
  • persecute,
  • incarcerate,
  • lambaste,
  • imprison,
  • punish,
  • pillory,
  • execute,
  • try,
  • Keelhaul,
  • reprise,
  • avenge,
  • crucify,
  • correct,
  • fine.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • prickle,
  • tingle,
  • pinprick,
  • EINA,
  • neuralgia.
  •
  • scourge.
  •
  • smite.
  •
  • strike.
  •Other relevant words:
  • mourning,
  • distressing,
  • disfigure,
  • awfully,
  • tumult,
  • gall,
  • tension,
  • injustice,
  • disturbingly,
  • badly,
  • ruth,
  • tantalize,
  • harm,
  • agonizing,
  • apprehension,
  • solicitude,
  • harry,
  • severely,
  • foreboding,
  • tediously,
  • desolate,
  • torturing,
  • thrill,
  • maim,
  • hardly,
  • sorrowful,
  • hound,
  • strain,
  • staleness,
  • hex,
  • sweat blood,
  • paltry,
  • bleeding heart,
  • be anxious,
  • damage,
  • badger,
  • cataclysm,
  • blow,
  • sad,
  • bad,
  • scruple,
  • self-reproach,
  • unsettlingly,
  • misgiving,
  • grave,
  • inundate,
  • irk,
  • vivisection,
  • unpleasure,
  • shrink,
  • encumber,
  • cut,
  • plague,
  • difficulty,
  • catastrophe,
  • penitent,
  • bother,
  • nausea,
  • AILS,
  • savorlessness,
  • downcast,
  • boringly,
  • wince,
  • twitch,
  • sweat,
  • disquietingly,
  • twinge,
  • loss,
  • disconcertingly,
  • paroxysm,
  • sorry,
  • contrition,
  • badgering,
  • nettle,
  • dullness,
  • straining,
  • inconvenience,
  • pierce,
  • nightmare,
  • piteous,
  • heartache,
  • aching heart,
  • offend,
  • ailing,
  • tiresomely,
  • pressure,
  • harassment,
  • Unsatisfaction,
  • hardship,
  • blanch,
  • stress,
  • trouble,
  • seriously,
  • embitter,
  • curse,
  • awkwardly,
  • spleen,
  • strife,
  • slight,
  • struggle,
  • agonized,
  • annoy,
  • lugubrious,
  • dole,
  • disturb,
  • pathetic,
  • overrefinement,
  • fuss,
  • dolour,
  • lose sleep,
  • contravene,
  • dolor,
  • extremity,
  • make uncomfortable,
  • Ailed,
  • discommode,
  • exasperate,
  • irksomely,
  • break down,
  • agitation,
  • tenseness,
  • crushing,
  • clumsily,
  • concern,
  • disconcert,
  • naughtily,
  • ineptly,
  • besiege,
  • dread,
  • Penitency,
  • subjugation,
  • sorrowing,
  • oppression,
  • mortification,
  • resignation,
  • agitate,
  • tastelessness,
  • contriteness,
  • sufferance,
  • ail,
  • demandingly,
  • sorriness,
  • chivvy,
  • grimace,
  • ruin,
  • miserable,
  • bereavement,
  • overwhelm,
  • injure,
  • weigh down,
  • Martyrization,
  • twisting,
  • prostrate,
  • pining,
  • agonise,
  • seizure,
  • bale,
  • downer,
  • upset,
  • poorly,
  • suppression,
  • prostration,
  • enslavement,
  • embarrassment,
  • writhe,
  • mischief,
  • bummer,
  • shoot,
  • qualm,
  • cut up,
  • guilt,
  • nag,
  • nervousness,
  • pangs,
  • wrongly,
  • destruction,
  • pester,
  • bedevilment,
  • anguishes,
  • agony of mind,
  • wickedly,
  • perturbation,
  • Miserableness,
  • bleed,
  • painful,
  • pitiable,
  • harass,
  • feel pain,
  • subjection,
  • pound,
  • adversity,
  • convulsion,
  • tedium,
  • Heartgrief,
  • spite,
  • blench,
  • emptiness,
  • contrite,
  • tediousness,
  • distortion,
  • perturb,
  • chaos,
  • worrying,
  • excruciating,
  • dislike,
  • rueful,
  • fit,
  • turmoil,
  • problematically,
  • hard,
  • tragedy,
  • Desolateness,
  • throes,
  • defeatism,
  • twist the knife,
  • jinx,
  • gawkily,
  • ill,
  • insult,
  • chevy,
  • dejectedness,
  • bite nails,
  • discountenance,
  • wretch,
  • unrest,
  • abuse,
  • vex,
  • Languishment,
  • vexation,
  • hurting,
  • harrow,
  • corruptly,
  • test,
  • debatably,
  • perplexity,
  • discompose,
  • lugubriousness,
  • aggrieve,
  • despotism,
  • suicidal despair,
  • put out,
  • tyranny,
  • meager,
  • deplorable,
  • fear,
  • worryingly,
  • disaster,
  • strait,
  • hesitation,
  • be unhappy,
  • evil,
  • prick,
  • crush,
  • ictus,
  • travail,
  • disturbance,
  • infringe,
  • calamity,
  • annoyingly,
  • unease,
  • beleaguer,
  • maltreatment,
  • low,
  • chivy,
  • distressingly,
  • oppress,
  • annoyance,
  • repression,
  • flatness,
  • discomfit,
  • misfortune.

Paraphrases for Anguish:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    torment, torments.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    distress, pain.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    trouble, hardship, apprehension.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    angst, anxiety, suffering, agony, sorrow, grief, misery, trepidation, despair, dismay, sadness, hopelessness, dread, fear, desperation, helplessness, bitterness, chastisement, plight, concern, ordeal, trauma, horror.

Antonyms for Anguish:

• n.

  • severe upset or pain
    joy, happiness, relief, health, delight, contentment, solace, comfort.
  • Other antonyms:
    exultation, assurance, jollity, assuagement, ecstasy, merrymaking, rapture, tranquillity, lightheartedness, jubilation, security, euphoria, cheerfulness, joviality, calmness, confidence, Elatedness, merriment, exhilaration, gleefulness, apathy, joyousness, gayness, joyfulness, gladsomeness, exuberance, gaiety, mirthfulness, optimism, sunniness, satisfaction, carelessness, nonchalance, content, rapturousness, mirth, well-being, felicity, glee, hopefulness, elation.

Homophones for Anguish:

• anagoge, amuck, amnios, anasazi, anchusa, anas, annex, awayness, anhinga, annexa, ananas, animize, angus, Angus Og, annonaceae, ananias, amuse, anjou, amok, annoyance, animus, annoying, anionic, angas, anoxic, aminic, aeneas, annamese, amigo, amnesiac, anonymous, anise, amish, amnesia, amyxia, animise, Amos, anaemic, anguis, ANZAC, amass, annexe, anoxia, amnionic, anunnaki, awning, aengus, anasa, anagogic, ammoniac, ans, awing, anechoic, Anzio, amanuensis, amnic, anise cookie, anxious, amex, ahimsa, anamnesis, ANG, Ankus, amaze, amiss, announce, anemic, anomic, amnesic.

Hypernym for Anguish:

• v.

  • emotion
    torture, rack, try, torment, excruciate, agonize, break someone's heart, agonise.

Hyponym for Anguish:

• n.

  • feeling
    hurt, distress, suffering.
  • state
    distress.

• v.

  • emotion
    disconcert, discomfit, upset, untune, suffer, discompose.